Kremlin

Exploring Moscow

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July 18th 2004
The morning was promising. Sunny with a tiny layer of clouds. The obvious destination of today is Red Square (Krasnaya Ploshchad) and Kremlin. We got off incredibly richly decorated metro, a museum per sè, and behind the corner we saw the Resurrection Gate (Voskresenskiye vorota) - a perfect frame for the view on the St. Basil cathedral - the world known cathedral with the funny ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more